The kanji 男: meaning, readings and stroke order

男

Meaning: boy, man
On reading: ダン dan、ナン nan
Kun reading: おとこ otoko
Strokes: 7
Radical: 田 field
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con trai, đàn ông (nam)
Japanese: おとこ。
Korean: 남자 (남)
Chinese: 男孩、男人

Readings, words and example sentences

ダン dan · on reading

男だん子し
boys (in a team or school)
男だん子しのチームがかちました。
The boys' team won.

ナン nan · on reading

三さん男なん
third son
わたしは 三さん男なんです。
I am the third son.

おとこ otoko · kun reading

男おとこ
man, boy
男おとこの人が手を上げました。
A man raised his hand.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.